Mumbai:
A particular courtroom right here on Wednesday sentenced eight Pakistani nationals to twenty years imprisonment in a 2015 case of seizure of greater than 200 kg of medication valued at practically Rs 7 crore.
Particular decide for NDPS Act instances, Shashikant Bangar, convicted the eight individuals for offences dedicated beneath the anti-drug regulation.
They had been handed a 20-year jail time period, most beneath the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The courtroom additionally imposed a wonderful of Rs 2 lakh on every of the convicts.
In 2015, the Indian Coast Guard apprehended the accused from a ship carrying 232 kg of heroin valued at Rs 6.96 crore off the Gujarat coast.
As per the prosecution, there have been 11 drums on the boat with 20 plastic pouches containing a wheatish brown color powder.
The contents of every packet had been examined, which revealed it to be heroin, it stated.
The eight Pakistan nationals had been additionally present in possession of three satellite tv for pc telephones, and GPS navigation charts, amongst different digital units.
They had been later handed over to the Yellow Gate police in south Mumbai.
Particular Public Prosecutor Sumesh Punjwani sought most punishment for the accused, saying it might be a lesson for different drug traffickers.
The defence counsel, nevertheless, submitted {that a} lenient view be taken.
After listening to either side, the courtroom refused to indicate leniency and sentenced the eight accused to most punishment.
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